I had so many people comment on them and wonder where they could buy their own. While Laura doesn’t sell these earrings other than at local events, she did share how she made them and it’s so simple!

A friend of mine is planning to use succulents for her wedding and I thought I would be fun to come up with a unique way to use succulents. I thought making my own earrings and a ring would be something fun to try.

I made something similar for a blogging conference I went to and people loved them! So, here’s how you can make your own!

Let me tell you a little bit more about the floral glue. I tried using a variety of glues when making these earrings and rings. I tend to use hot glue for a lot of my succulent projects, but it was way too bulky for this project.

Plus, something this delicate needs to adhere to the succulents really well which hot glue does not. I also tried using a different kind of floral glue but it didn’t set very fast. Neither did Aleene’s clear tacky glue (which I’ve used for other projects).

So, the reason why the Oasis Floral Glue is so great is that it dries quickly and a small amount is still strong enough to hold on to the succulents. You’ll still need to hold the succulents in place for about a minute, but it’s much better than having them move around after a half hour or more. Thus, I highly recommend getting the Oasis Floral Glue.

Now the fun part, succulents! You’ll want to use small succulents for these. If you’ve been propagating succulents from leaves, those baby rosettes would be perfect! I’d also recommend looking into using a variety of sedums.

Earrings

To make the earrings, put a dab of floral glue on the earring post. Next, gently place the succulent on the glue. Pull it off slightly and press back down to help the glue dry faster. If the succulent will stay in place upside down, that is the easiest way to let the glue dry. Otherwise, you can hold the earring until it dries (a minute or two if using the Oasis Floral Glue), or place it in pebbles or foam to hold it upright until dry.

If you are considering using these for a wedding, it might be fun to have each person wear a different kind of succulent! You can also use a larger earring and glue succulents and moss onto it. These are the earrings I wore to the blogging conference.

Ring

The ring is slightly more difficult to make, at least if you do it with wire. To make the wire ring, wrap wire around the ring mandrel on the desired size. You can wrap more or less wire around depending on how thick you want your ring to be.

Once you have a thickness you like, cut the wire. Wrap a smaller piece of wire around the main part of the ring to keep everything secure. Once you have that done, you can start gluing on succulents! This was more exciting to do that the stud earrings because I got to add several succulents. It’s pretty elaborate, but hey, you want to make a statement right?

Care

You’ll want to be careful when you are wearing the earrings and the ring especially. Keep in mind that these are pretty delicate and may fall apart if you aren’t careful. I put my coat on while wearing the ring and several of the succulents fell off. While the glue does keep things secure, the pressure from sliding through the sleeve of my coat was too much.

Once you are done wearing your lovely succulent jewelry, you can remove the succulents and place them on top of soil. Within a few weeks they’ll start to put off roots and start developing into mature plants. If you want to keep them on the ring or earrings, you’ll want to spray them with water every few days.

Eventually they’ll start to put off roots too. The ring and earrings aren’t a good long term home for your succulents, but they will last for a few days and possibly weeks!

So, what do you think? Are you ready to try some succulent jewelry to dress up your next outfit?